Advertising device for airplanes



H. J. RICKON ADVERTISING DEVICE FOR AIRPLANES Filed Aug. 22, 1925 /NvgA/-r'oe HAROLD J. l@ @KOM May 26, 1925.

Patentedl May 26, l925.

UNITED STATES HAROLD J. Menon, or SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFoRNIA.

ADVERTISING DEVICE non Marianas.

Application led August 22, 1923. Serial No. 658,754.

To all lwhom t may concern.' p

lle it known that I, HAuoLD J. Riemen, a citizen ot' the United States, and a resident of the city and county ot' San Francisco, State of California, have made a new and useful invention-to wit, Improvements in Advertising Devices for Airplanes; and l l do hereby declare the following to be ay full, clear, concise, and exact description ot the same.

This invention relates particularly to an apparatusfor attaching advertising indicia to an airplane.

An object ot the invention is to provide an airplane provided with means on the under surface thereof to which advertisingr indicia might be secured in either afixed or detachable. manner.

A. still further object of the invention relates to an airplane so constructed and arranged that indicating indicia of any dcsired character might be inset therein so as to present a sinooth exterior to said airplane. appear as this description progresses.

In this specification and the` annexed drawings, the invention is illustrated in the form considered to be. the best, but it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to such form. because it may be embodied .in other forms, and it is also to be understood that in and by the claims tollowing the description, it isdesired to cover the invention in whatsoever form it may be embodied.

ln the accompanying one sheet ot drawings,

section through an airplane constructed in aecordancewith my invention.

Fig. 2 represents a diagrammatic crosssection ot a modified torni ot airplane constructed in accordance with my' invention.

liig. il is a view ot the underside ot an airplane having indicating indicia mounted thereon.

ln detail, the construction illustrated in the drawings' comprises an airplane gen erallv designated by the character l and consisting ot a fuselage 9. having the upper and lower wings or panels 3 and 4 respectively, nlounted thereon. Although the type ot airplane illustrated is of the. lli-plane type. it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited thereto.. inasmuch. as the invention could be successfully practiced on ay Otherobjects and advantages willr l1`ig. l represents a diagrammatic cross-.

"14 detac planes having one or more wings or planes. The wings on a conventional type of airplane are provided with longitudinal and transverse stiffeners, or frames therein., which extend the full length and width ot the said wings.

On the under surface of the airplane l, but preferably on the under face of the lower wing 4, l provide a plurality ot threaded bolts 6 in the frame Work o the said Wing, which extend downwardly and away from the lower face of the said wing.

'.lhe projecting bolts 6 are arranged in a predetermined manner in order that the same might extend through correspondingly spaced openings 7 in letter panels -8 which are adapted to tit snugly against the lower face of the wing 4 and to be held tightly thereagainst by means of nuts 9 screwed onto the bolts 6 and into engagement with the lower panels. Inythis manner any number ot letter panels 8 might be bolted onto the lower :face of the `wing 4 in order to spell out any word desired. TheI letter panels 8 are lprovided With electric lights 10 thereon, having Wires 11` connecting the same to a battery 12 arranged in the airplane 'fuselage 2. Although I have specified that the letters 8 might be illuminated by electric lights, it is to be understood that any other` form of illuminating means might be substituted. v

ln the modified torrn of construction, shown in Fig. 2, the lower surface of the lowermost wing 4 would be provided with a plurality ot cavities or depressions 13 therein, for receiving letter panels 8 with which it would be. desired to spell sotne predetermined matter for advertising purposes.

vThe letter panels 8 would be held in the wing depressions by means of locking bars iably secured to the .Wing 4 on op posite sides of each ot the respective cavities. liy removing thelocking bars 14q it is possible to remove the letter panels 8 to make substitutions and changes as desired. l 'lhe letter panels 8, used in connection with either the preferred or modified toi-ms ot airplane construction, are shaped. with a cross section which will conform to that ot the wing. hence when the letter panels 8 are applied to the wing surface, the tunctioning ot' the airplane will not be interfered with. '.lhis is particularly emphasized in the landt tied t'orm bt construct-ion shown in Fig. f2,

y wherein the, letter panels 8 are sunt; into the airplane Wing so as to present e substantially smooth and Hush exterior.

Having thus described this invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination, an airplane having Wings, the lower surface of the lowermost Wing having a depression therein; and means for arranging advertising indicia in said lower wing depression.

2.1m combination, an airplane having wings, the lov'ver surface of the lowermost wing having a. depression therein; means for arranging advertising indicia -in said lower wing de ression; nd means for 15 illuminating sai indicia.

In testimon whereof, I have hereunto set, my hand at an Francisco, California., this 14th day of August 1923.

DANL S. MITTELMAN LINCOLN JOHNSON. 

